this night with broken hearts. we offer you our tears and our pain, our anger and our sorrow. oh, lord, there was a hole so large we wonder if even you and your greatness can fill it as we grieve and mourn for those who are lost. each light that sits before us is a light that's been lost to our world. so many innocents, so many brave, lord, all we can do is throw ourselves upon your tender mercies, trusting that you hear our prayers. we know those who are lost, because they are ours, lord. not names on some list, but our mothers or sisters, our brothers or friends, kindred all, because if we did not know them ourselves, we know someone who did. and so we pray, lord, for all the souls lost and all the families and friends who are so torn by grief. for in this moment, we are all your children, a family related by your love. so help us to care for these families in their sorrow and for each other in ours. may they feel the healing embrace of a neighborhood, a town, a state, a nation, a world. help us to forever remember that we embrace the grieving as our own and bring us together as one

on capitol hill, as we gather with so much work left undone, guide our lawmakers with your wisdom. lord, show them the right thing to do and give them the courage to do it. be their shelter in the midst of the storm, regardless of how high the waters rise. when they feel exhausted, remind them of the great sufficiency of your grace. look with favor on our nation and save us from self-inflicted wounds. we pray, in your strong name, amen. . >> and now you are familiar with the scene. we will hear "the pledge of allegiance." >>> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. >> and now perhaps we are going to hear from the senate majority leader harry reid, down in the well, as i was saying before we heard the prayer, we were getting some guidance that maybe he would speak, maybe he wouldn't speak, really speaks to the fluid nature of the talks going on behind the scenes. but the fact that we do see him on the floor there, we actually saw him preparing what looks like a lit

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